Tulsa Youth MentorsTulsa, Oklahoma Become a mentor

Youth mentoring in Tulsa, Oklahoma

There’s a chair here for you.

One-on-one mentoring, group activities and school partnerships across Tulsa. No perfect speech required — just an hour that belongs to a young person, week after week.

Pull up a chair See how it works
Two simple chairs facing each other across a small table in a sun-washed room
Two chairs, one table, and an hour that belongs to a young person.
A volunteer mentor and a teenager talking across a small table in a community room
A mentoring hour in progress.

One-on-one mentoring

A relationship first. A program second.

Mentoring isn’t a curriculum you deliver. It’s a person who keeps showing up. One young person, one mentor, a table between you, and an hour that belongs to them.

What showing up looks like

  1. 01 You show up. Same day, same time, week after week.
  2. 02 You listen more than you talk. The conversation belongs to them.
  3. 03 You come back next week. That’s the whole thing. It adds up.

Group activities

Some weeks, the table gets bigger.

Group activities put mentors and young people in the same room — games, projects, food and the easy company of other people doing the same thing. For a lot of new mentors, this is where it starts to feel natural.

Ask about group nights
A group of teenagers and adult volunteers working together around a long table
A group activity in progress.
You don’t need a perfect speech. You need a regular Tuesday.

That is the whole job description. The training, the school partnerships and the other mentors around you exist to make showing up easier.

How we prepare you

Ways in

Three more chairs at the table.

One-on-one mentoring is the heart of what we do. But there is more than one way to sit down with us.

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Mentor training

Before you’re matched, we train you. You’ll learn what to expect, how to listen, and where to get help — so you’re not walking in blind.

Adults seated in a loose circle of chairs during a mentor training session
02

School partnerships

We work alongside Tulsa schools so mentoring can happen where young people already are. That means tables in schools, not only somewhere else they have to travel to.

A small table and two chairs set up in a bright school library corner
03

Scholarship program

When a young person finishes with us, the chair doesn’t get put away. Our scholarship program keeps the door open after graduation.

Application

Pull up a chair.

Tell us a little about yourself and where you’d like to start. We’ll take it from there.

What happens after you send this

  1. 01 We read it and reply. By email or phone, whichever you leave us.
  2. 02 You complete mentor training. You’ll know what to expect before you’re matched.
  3. 03 We match you with a young person. One-on-one, or a group activity first if you’d rather start there.

We’ll follow up by email or phone.